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Will, I think 'theft' is a bit far. It's not like the airline keeps the money and never flies you.

Posted by ty97 Apr 10 '17, 06:40

They put you another flight with space. No, it's not your original flight, but you get the travel you paid for, just at different time (again as spelled out and allowed in the CoC you agree to at purchase) so it's not theft. Otherwise, flight delays would be 'theft'.

Again, not defending it. We have no power in this because we can't buy the ticket without agreeing to the CoC and every airline has this stuff in their CoC. And we have an airline oligopoly in the US to book. So not defending. But 'theft' feels a bit overboard.

The other thought: Airlines now a certain % of people will no-show. They factor that in. If they can't sell those additional tickets an only sell 100% of seats, than fares rise.

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And, unfortunately, the law specifically allows this - ty97 Apr 10, 06:42 11
- not to nitpick, but "denied boarding" seems quite different than "forcibly removed from a flight you've already boarded" -- nm - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 10, 06:46 10
  - As said on B2, this should have happened before he boarded. That's how it normally works. - ty97 Apr 10, 06:48 9
    - I think someone is getting fired for even letting all the people on the plane w/o the bumpee being bumped pre board - Epiphany Apr 10, 06:57
    - this is obviously just 'mho', but, they should just keep upping the offers. I know they got to $800, but you know what? you keep going up till some - Andie Apr 10, 06:49 7
      - Yeah, I don't really get how at a customer service level you go from offering incentives to randomly picking people to remove - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 10, 06:56 6
        
        From their perspective, it's putting employees on a flight so they can serve more passengers the following day. -- nm - Roger More Apr 10, 07:18 3
        
        bet it cost them more for this shit than just buying those 4 employees tickets on another airline :) -- nm* - oblique, SuperFeud Champion Apr 10, 07:20 2
        
        Assuming another airline flies non-stop late in the evening though. -- nm - Roger More Apr 10, 07:39 1
        
        AA does, but the UA flight was delayed (and last flight of night) and wound up leaving after the AA flight. - ty97 Apr 10, 07:46
        
        Take to Washington about that -- (link) - ty97 Apr 10, 07:07
        
        good point. -- nm - Epiphany Apr 10, 06:58

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Will, I think 'theft' is a bit far. It's not like the airline keeps the money and never flies you.

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